We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim

Powerful TED Talk with Rootstrikers Lawrence Lessig.

Posted on May 18, 2013 in Inspiration, Video

Additive Evolution Of Prime Numbers

Take a minute to enjoy this video by Stefan Nadelman at Tourist Pictures. The music is by Lost Lander. The beauty of math.

Posted on October 6, 2012 in Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Video

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And Then It Was My Turn

Browsing some old mixes from the past I came across this track. This is another one never to forget and that is why I’m posting it here.

Mike Grant – And Then It Was My Turn
1. The Struggle of my People (Mr G’s There’s Hope Mix)
2. A Beautiful Thing

House music all night long.

Posted on October 6, 2012 in Inspiration, Music

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Colin Rich Captures Light in the City Of Angels

This is another one of those posts where I will just let the video speak for itself. Beautifully done Colin.

Posted on September 23, 2012 in Inspiration, Video

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20 Most Watched TED Talks

Last month TED posted the 20 most-watched TED Talks to date via the TED Blog. Tracking data from TED.com, YouTube, iTunes, embed/download and Hulu led them to this list. I wanted to keep this around till I had a chance to view them all. So here they are:

Sir Ken Robinson
Says schools kill creativity (2006): 13,409,417 views
Jill Bolte Taylor‘s
Stroke of insight (2008): 10,409,851
Pranav Mistry
The thrilling potential of SixthSense (2009): 9,223,263
David Gallo‘s
Underwater astonishments (2007): 7,879,541
Pattie Maes and Pranav Mistry
Demo SixthSense (2009): 7,467,580
Tony Robbins
Why we do what we do (2006): 6,879,488
Simon Sinek
How great leaders inspire action (2010): 6,050,294
Steve Jobs
How to live before you die (2005): 5,444,022
Hans Rosling
The best stats you’ve ever seen (2006): 4,966,643
Brene Brown
Power of vulnerability (2010): 4,763,038
Daniel Pink
The surprising science of motivation (2009): 4,706,241
Arthur Benjamin
Mathemagic (2005): 4,658,425
Elizabeth Gilbert
Nurturing your genius (2009): 4,538,037
Dan Gilbert
Why are we happy? (2004): 4,269,082
Stephen Hawking
Big questions about the universe (2008): 4,153,105
Jeff Han
Breakthrough multi-touchscreen (2006): 3,891,251
Johnny Lee
Wii Remote hacks for educators (2008): 3,869,417
Keith Barry
Brain magic (2004): 3,847,893
Mary Roach
10 things you didn’t know about orgasm (2009): 3,810,630
Vijay Kumar
Robots that fly like birds (2012): 3,535,340

Posted on September 23, 2012 in Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Technology

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The Future Is Bright!

This morning I was reading an article on Smashing Magazine that ended with a positive note which stuck with me. Finding Nemo may also have something to do with it since it is my favorite animated movie of all time.

This was taken directly from the article.

When you try to get people excited about the Web, remember to point out the good things about it. We are far too good at complaining openly about things that are broken, while failing to share our excitement. Let’s do that more.

Finding Nemo was never advertised like this:

“A movie in which a wife and all but one child in a family are brutally murdered. The last child gets kidnapped, and the father undertakes a desperate search to find it, his only ally being a mentally challenged woman.”

Posted on September 21, 2012 in Inspiration, Web Dev

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The Story of Change Released Today

Today The Story Of Stuff Project and Annie Leonard released their latest movie The Story of Change. The movie inspires all of us to step out of the consumer mindset and into our full power as citizens of the United States. We’ve all been doing a better job taking care of the environment. Buying less bottled water, using our own shopping bags, changing out lightbulbs. Without a doubt these are all great things to do. But the fact is, better shopping will never change the world.

Posted on July 17, 2012 in Inspiration, Movies, Sustainability

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